Atlanta Braves at Detroit Tigers

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Atlanta Braves

72-83, 36-44 Away

<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
6 - 5

Detroit Tigers

85-70, 46-34 Home

Surging Braves rally past reeling Tigers for 6-5 victory

Atlanta Braves vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

The Tigers have lost five straight and eight of the past nine. Their lead in the AL Central — at 14 games shortly before the All-Star break and 10 games on Sept. 3 — is down to one game over the Cleveland Guardians, who swept a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins.

The Braves trailed 5-4 going into the ninth. Ozzie Albies and Ha-Seong Kim started the ninth with singles off Will Vest (6-5), but he struck out Michael Harris II and Sandy León.

That brought up Alvarez, who had already homered in the third and eighth innings. He lined a single to right to tie the game and Jurickson Profar followed with a base hit to put the Braves ahead.

Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth for his 27th save. Dylan Dodd (1-0) got the win in relief with a scoreless eighth.

The Tigers trailed 3-1 after the top of the third, but scored a run in the bottom of the inning, tied the game in the sixth on Zach McKinstry's pinch-hit homer and took the 5-3 lead on Spencer Torkelson's seventh-inning homer off Pierce Johnson.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first on Torkelson's RBI single.

Alvarez tied it in the third with his first homer, and Drake Baldwin made it 3-1 with his second homer in as many games later in the inning.

Wenceel Perez cut the deficit to 3-2 with a sacrifice fly in the third.

Key moment Trailing 3-2, the Tigers loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth. After a visit to the mound, Joey Wentz was allowed to face Riley Greene — his teammate in Detroit from 2022-24. Greene swung at and missed a slider, then flew out to shallow left on a 94-mph fastball.

Key stat Torkelson's homer was his 31st, tying the career high he set in 2023.

Up next The teams finish the weekend series on Sunday, with Tigers RHP Casey Mize (14-5, 3.88) scheduled to face RHP Spencer Strider (6-13, 4.64).

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TV Channel: Braves at Tigers 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on FanDuel SN South.
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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Torres lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Carpenter lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Carpenter hit for Jones
	9th Inning	Jung popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Dodd
	9th Inning	Jung hit for Báez

Statistics

ATL		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	5
6	Strikeouts	11
6	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
173	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	15
39	Plate Appearances	38
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.5	Runs Created	4.6
.212	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.485	Slugging Percentage	.429
.485	Secondary Average	.229
.333	On Base Percentage	.289
.818	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.718
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
5.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
41.0	Batter Rating	35.0
11.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.44	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.273	Isolated Power	.171
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.154	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
.273	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
12.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
87.8	MLB Rating	84.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 38,079 | Capacity:

2026 National League East Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/atl.png" class="logo-micro">Atlanta	22	9	.710	-	W3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/mia.png" class="logo-micro">Miami	15	16	.484	7	W2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/wsh.png" class="logo-micro">Washington	14	17	.452	8	W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/phi.png" class="logo-micro">Philadelphia	10	19	.345	11	W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/nym.png" class="logo-micro">New York	10	20	.333	11.5	L1

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cle.png" class="logo-micro">Cleveland	16	16	.500	-	W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/det.png" class="logo-micro">Detroit	15	16	.484	0.5	L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chw.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago	14	17	.452	1.5	W3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/min.png" class="logo-micro">Minnesota	13	18	.419	2.5	L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/kc.png" class="logo-micro">Kansas City	12	18	.400	3	L1

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